Use case or problem
I use bookmarks in Obsidian as saved searches with specific sorting preferences. For example, some bookmarked searches include files that follow a naming convention (e.g., starting with emojis or dates), so sorting by name (ascending/descending) is essential to keep them meaningful. Other bookmarks are intended to surface recently modified notes, so sorting by modification date is required.
Currently, the sorting preference is not saved per bookmark. Each time I switch between bookmarks with different intended sort orders, I have to manually adjust the sort settings again, which breaks the flow and defeats the purpose of using bookmarks as “saved searches.”
Proposed solution
Allow each bookmark to remember and store its individual sort setting (e.g., by name/date, ascending/descending). This would make bookmarks truly function as saved views, restoring not just the query/filter but also the expected order of results.
This could be implemented as an additional metadata field stored with the bookmark definition, so when switching to a bookmark, the view restores the sort mode it was last saved with.
Current workaround
Manually reselecting the sort option each time I switch bookmarks. This gets frustrating especially when switching frequently between bookmarks with different sorting needs.
Related feature requests
N/A at the moment, but I’d be happy to link to similar suggestions if others have brought up bookmark or sorting improvements.